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Heysham South Wind Farm

Operational7.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 5 May 2015

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
7.5 MW
Status
Operational
Operator or applicant
Banks Renewables
Location
Lancaster Morecambe Bypass, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Lancashire, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Lancaster
Planning application
11/00689/FUL
First operating
2015
Turbines
3

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  • 28 July 2011 Planning application submitted
  • 28 November 2012 Planning permission granted
  • 4 August 2014 Construction started
  • 24 April 2015 Operational

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The register holds 54 incidents at onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, 22 of them fires, and 297 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

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